Jan. 3—It's not too late to make that New Year's resolution, is it? Good, here it comes: Put down the spinning rod, pick up the fly rod. I've been fishing Roaring River for 40 years, and usually bring ...

TWIN FALLS — While hooks are not as easy to burn as soufflé, learning to tie flies is similar to learning how to cook, local experts say. It’s five minutes for the basics, a lifetime to master. With ...

It's simple, easy to tie, kinda rough looking, and will catch fish when nothing else will. The Woolly Bugger is what I call an insurance fly. Catching a fish is never 100% guaranteed, no matter what ...

I got my first chance at actually tying a fly last October at the Casting for Recovery retreat at Lake Logan in Canton. I was more nervous about the fly-tying than the actually fly-fishing (which was ...

Casting a limber fly rod is the only way to get a fish on the line for lots of anglers. Yet there are hold outs who think fly fishing is difficult, expensive and some kind of elite angling sport.

When the wind’s a blowin’ and the river’s still partially frozen and a warm blanket sounds much better than waders, what’s a fly-fisherman to do? Daydreaming of spring isn’t enough for the Wyoming Fly ...

Time was, mid-February saw the avid fly fisherman gnawing the bars of winter, waiting for April the way a caged lion waits for dinner. If he had nimble fingers and a good sense of color he might ...

The wooly bugger is arguably the best-known fly pattern in the world, often the first fly a beginning fly fisherman ties and fishes. It is easy to tie, easy to fish and remarkably effective for a ...

When the wind’s a blowin’ and the river’s still partially frozen and a warm blanket sounds much better than waders, what’s a fly-fisherman to do? Daydreaming of spring isn’t enough for the Wyoming Fly ...